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Kansas City Side of Jim Bridger’s Storied West Life
Kansas City recalls Jim Bridger the famed plainsman through family recollections and an account of his many ventures from Fort Bridger to the Overland trail. The piece notes Bridger’s three marriages, children, and later life in Jackson County Missouri, with memories from neighbors and Virginia Bridger Hahn defending Bridger’s legacy amid a film controversy.
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Kansas City
James Bridger
Montana
West
Moving Picture World
Virginia Bridger Hahn
Bridger
Bacchus
Hahn
Kansas City Star
Jim Bridger
Jr Bridger
Richmond
Tyler
United States
Ashley’s
St. Louis
Rocky Mountains
Andrew Henry
Hugh Glass
Spanish Californias
British Columbia
Rockies
Sea
Great Salt Lake
South
Union Pacific
Yellowstone Park
Fort Bridger
Civilization
Albert Sidney Johnston
Prairies
Redmen
Yellowstone
Pathfinder
Fenimore Cooper
General Dodge
Plains
Dodge
Missouri
Dallas
Ft. Bridger
Father de Smet
New Santa Fe
Carondalet
Westport
Jackson County
Stubbins Watts
Old Mill
Washington Park
Kas
Louise
Mountain Meadow
Penn Street
Harris
Kearney
Bernard
Frank Hahn
A. F. Wright
Main Street
A. B. Spruill
Mary Bridger
Virginia Bridger
Mary
Virginia
Wright
Bill
Richard Holmes
Little Santa Fe
Jim
Mr. Holmes
Wm. B. Finlay
Great Falls